Erich von Richthofen
Erich Freiherr von Richthofen (born May 8, 1913 in Hirschberg in the Riesengebirge , † 1988 ) was a German Romanist , Medievalist and Hispanist who worked in Canada.
life and work
Erich von Richthofen received his doctorate in 1940 in Frankfurt at Erhard Lommatzsch about Alfonso Martínez de Toledo and his Arcipreste de Talauera: A Castilian prose work of the 15th century (. Halle a S. 1941) and qualified as ibid 1943 with studies on Romanesque heroic saga of the Middle Ages (Hall a.p. 1944). In the 1950s he went first as an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton , and later at the University of Toronto , where Ulrich Leo already taught. In 1985 he received the Pierre Chauveau Medal of the Canadian Academy for his world-renowned mediaeval research.
Other works
- (Editor) Marie de France: Four old French Lais , Tübingen 1954
- Estudios épicos medievales , Madrid 1954
- Veltro and Diana: Dante's medieval and ancient parables with a representation of their forms of expression , Tübingen 1956
- Commentaire on “Mon Faust” by Paul Valéry , Paris 1961
- Nuevos estudios épicos medievales , Madrid 1970
- Tradicionalismo épico-novelesco , Barcelona 1972
- Sincretismo literario: algunos ejemplos medievales y renacentistas , Madrid 1981
- La metamorfosis de la épica medieval , Madrid 1989
literature
- Homenaje a Erich von Richthofen, in: Revista canadiense de estudios hispanicos 4, 1980, pp. 245-349
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich von Richthofen in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richthofen, Erich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richthofen, Erich Freiherr von; Richthofen, Erich B. von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romance studies in Canada |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1988 |